Floods in Queensland. Brisbane
The Fitzroy River has been rising slowly and steadily during Wednesday night, and many, of the inhabitants who would not leave their houses previous to the flood have found it advisable to…
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Floods & storms, 1896
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Flood in Queensland. Will Exceed that of 1890. (By Telegraph.) Brisbane
Advices from Kockhampton state that the Fitzroy River is steadily rising, and it is believed that the flood will exceed that of 1890. Tho water…
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The Bogan is rising rapidly, and serious floods are anticipated, All railway traffic west of Nyngan has been entirely suspended, parts of the main western line being damaged in places over an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maryborough (Q.) Heavy Flood Threatened
Heavy flood is now certain, as the river is rising fast, and is over all the wharves. There are six inches of water in the Grand Hotel. The rainfall for the past twenty-four hours has been six inches…
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An immense body of water is coming down from Dandaloo, and the Bogan is rising rapidly. Traffic over the bridge is already impassable to foot passengers…
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The improvements previously carried out in connection with embankments and other works in the vicinity of Maitland, have caused a considerable rise in the lower reaches of the river during the…
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The improvements previously carried out in connection with embankments and other works in the vicinity of Maitland, have caused a considerable rise in the lower reaches of the river during the…
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For the greater part of the past week the weather experienced in Maitland and district has been of a dull and cloudy nature, betokening (in early downpour of rain, but beyond a few showers of the…
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The Big River rose, but no quantity of water is behind it. THE WEATHER. The weather is hot and muggy…
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In consequence of the cutting of embankments and other works which have been constructed in the vicinity of Maitland during the past few years,…
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Owing to the recent rain near Dubbo, the Macquarie early yesterday morning flowed over the weir above Warren. The river is now 18 feet above summer level. This fresh will clean the river…
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During the post weak we have had an illustration of the proverb that. "what is one man's food is another man's poison." The rain which has…
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A station belonging to Mr. Blackman, in the Mackenzie district, near Rockhampton, was swept away by the flood, including fences, stockyards, buildings, and stock. Some stockmen, who were…
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The improvements previously carried out in connection with embankments and other works in the vicinity of Maitland, have caused a considerable rise in the lower reaches or the river during the…
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Three hundred and eighteen points of rain have fallen here since yesterday morning, and the river is very high…
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OUR telegraphic agents this morning sent us the following gratifying intelligence: "The Minister of Works has the outline of a gigantic scheme before him for coping with…
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OUR telegraphic agents this morning sent us the following gratifying intelligence: "The Minister of Works has the outline of a gigantic scheme before him for coping with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Singleton Argus. Saturday, February 20th, 1896. Flood Prevention
A SERIOUS effort is to be made to do something in the way of what may be termed the abatement of the evils and destruction consequent upon abnormal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hunter River Floods. Great Preventive Scheme
It will be remembered that some months ago the Minister for Works (Mr J. H. Young) authorised an examination of the Hunter River,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in Asiatic Turkey
The River Tigris, in Asiatic Turkey, has overflowed its banks and flooded the surrounding country. Six hundred Arabs in Mesopotamia have been drowned…
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